No, Windows is not a virus. Here's
what viruses do:
1. They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does
that.
2. Viruses use up valuable system resources,
slowing down
the system as they do so - okay, Windows does that.
3. Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard
disk -
okay, Windows does that too.
4. Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the
user, along
with valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows
does that, too.
5. Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect
their
system is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new
hardware. Yup, Windows does that, too.
Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are
fundamental differences:
Viruses are well supported by their authors, are
running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend
to become more sophisticated as they mature.
So Windows is not a virus.
It's a bug.
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